Time Zone History

Panama time zone history

On standard time, clocks in Panama run 18 minutes ahead of local mean solar time. Local mean time, UTC−5:18:08, ended in 1890.

UTC−5

Standard time is UTC−5 (EST) all year under the current rules.

tz database name America/Panama

Convert a time from Panama

UTC−5 every day since 1970

UTC−5:19:36, UTC−5:18:08: behind today’s standard timeUTC−5: today’s standard timeUTC−5:19:36, UTC−5:18:08: behindtoday’s standard timeUTC−5: today’s standard time

How to read this chart

Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1890Local mean time (UTC−5:18:08) replacedUTC−5:19:36CMT
April 22, 1908Standard time forward 20 minutesUTC−5EST

Also on UTC−5

Colombia, Jamaica, Guayaquil (Ecuador), Haiti, Cancún (Mexico), Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Eirunepé (Brazil), Peru and Rio Branco (Brazil) (nearest first; 13 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Costa Rica (511 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 416 days in 1979, 1980, 1991 and 1992.
  • Colombia (773 km): same time except 281 days in 1992 and 1993.
  • Nicaragua (818 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 2,910 days in 1973–1975, 1979, 1980, 1992–1997, 2005 and 2006.
  • Honduras (1,013 km): usually 1 hour behind; different on 386 days in 1987, 1988 and 2006.
  • Jamaica (1,044 km): same time except 2,023 days in 1974–1983.

How it compares

Panama has kept UTC−5 since 1908, with no clock changes since 1970.